Newbie with a Nano

[JmeJReefer]

Welcome!
Don't like money do ya?! That wallet is gonna thin out quick in this hobby!

I'm a nano reefer as well with a modified biocube. Modified in the respect to better flow, (removed some stock baffles in the back) and made a custom media rack for purigen, chemipur elite and filter floss, and an open compartment for a future cheato box.
That canister filter is gonna give ya some grief later on so perhaps look into some mods.
Perhaps a little pump swap for something a bit quicker flow?
Great start! The creepy crawlies r normal....

[Jessie]

Hey all, just wanted to post a quick update I guess. My tank is now home to 10 snails (5 cerith & 5 margarita), 1 blue tuxedo urchin, 1 Fire shrimp, and 2 ocellaris clownfish, and about 50lbs of green hair algae
It's all a learning experience, I pulled out as much algae as I could, mowed the grass with scissors and caught the rest through fish nets and a filter sock. I have phos guard in my fluval canister and am dosing with API Algaefix every 72 hours - also (and probably the most rookiest of mistakes...) I finally turned the lights off completely. Was running program 2 on my Maxspect LED lights (includes moonlight) and was therefore feeding the algae 24/7. Anyway, I'm hoping the ugly stuff will be gone soon so I can add a coral (frogspawn or hammer).

[Dearth]

A warning about urchins they love to stick anything and everything to their body and can be somewhat destructive I have a tuxedo in my tank and I love watching it but I am always rescueing snails and crabs and my smaller coral from its spines